domingo, 5 de abril de 2009

· "Queen II" - Queen

“Queen II” is the second album by English rock band Queen, originally released in 1974. It was recorded at Trident Studios, London, England in August 1973, and engineered by Mike Stone. The two sides of the original LP were labeled "Side White" and "Side Black" (instead of the conventional sides "A" and "B"), with corresponding photos of the band dressed in white or in black on either side of the record's label face. The album is also a loose concept album, with the white side having songs with a more emotional theme and the black side almost entirely about fantasy, often with quite dark themes. Mick Rock's album cover photograph was frequently re-used by the band throughout its career, most notably in the music video for the song "Bohemian Rhapsody" (1975). There are two versions of this photograph, one with black for the background and foreground (right), the other with a brown foreground. Numerous problems beset the album's release. Its completion coincided with the 1973 oil crisis and consequently, government-enforced measures for energy conservation delayed its manufacture by several months. The lead vocalist Freddie Mercury composed the entire "Black" side, contributing virtuosic piano and harpsichord pieces and a wide range of distinctive vocal performances. The "White" side is very diverse: four of the five numbers were composed by Brian May, where one is instrumental, one is sung by Mercury and Taylor (with May at the piano), the next is sung by Mercury, and the last by May. The closing track of The "White" Side is Taylor's only composition in the album. John Deacon played acoustic guitar as well as bass on most of the album, except the songs "White Queen" and "Some Day One Day", which were performed by May, partly on an inexpensive Hairfred guitar that he had owned since his childhood. The album is included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.

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01- Procession
02- Father to Son
03- White Queen (As It Began)
04- Some Day One Day
05- The Loser in the End
06- Ogre Battle
07- The Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke
08- Nevermore
09- The March of the Black Queen
10- Funny How Love Is
11- Seven Seas of Rhye

·"ELVIS" (The original LP & singles) - Elvis Presley

ELVIS is the second album by Elvis Presley, released on RCA Victor Records only in mono, LPM 1382, in October 1956. Recording sessions took place on September 1, September 2, and September 3 at Radio Recorders in Hollywood, with one track leftover from the sessions for Presley's debut album at RCA recording studios on January 30 in New York. It spent four weeks at #1 on the Billboard Top Pop Albums chart that year.

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01- Rip It Up
02- Love Me
03- When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again
04- Long Tall Sally
05- First in Line
06- Paralyzed
07- So Glad You're Mine
08- Old Shep
09- Ready Teddy
10- Anyplace Is Paradise
11- How's the World Treating You?
12- How Do You Think I Feel?

Bonus Tracks:

13- Playing for Keeps
14- Too Much
15- Don't be Cruel
16- Hound Dog
17- Anyway You Want Me (That's How I Will Be)
18- Love Me Tender

sábado, 4 de abril de 2009

· "The Freewheelin'" - Bob Dylan

"The Freewheelin' - Bob Dylan" is Dylan's second studio album, released in May 1963 by Columbia Records. Dylan's debut album, "Bob Dylan", had featured just two original songs. "Freewheelin'" contained just two covers, the traditional tune "Corrina, Corrina", and "Honey, Just Allow Me One More Chance" — which Dylan re-wrote extensively, all the other songs were Dylan originals and the "Freewheelin'" album showcased for the first time Dylan's song-writing talent. The album kicked off with "Blowin' in the Wind", which would become one of Dylan's most celebrated songs. In July 1963, the song became an international hit for folk trio Peter, Paul & Mary. This album reached number 22 in the US (eventually going platinum), and later became a number 1 hit in the UK in 1965. It was one of 50 recordings chosen in 2002 by the Library of Congress to be added to the National Recording Registry. In 2003, the album was ranked number 97 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

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01- Blowin' In The Wind
02- Girl From The North Country
03- Masters Of War
04- Down The Highway
05- Bob Dylan's Blues
06- A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
07- Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
08- Bob Dylan's Dream
09- Oxford Town
10- Talking World War III Blues
11- Corrina, Corrina
12- Honey, Just Allow Me One More Chance
13- I Shall Be Free

· "Lágrimas Negras" - Bebo & Cigala

This album pairs one of the greatest flamenco singers of today, cantaor Diego ”El Cigala”, with one of Cuba's finest Afro-Cuban jazz pianists, Bebo Valdes. With Valdes (father of the great Chucho Valdes) born in 1918, there's a 40-year age difference between the pianist and the singer, but they do a fine job crossing generations and oceans to discover the commonalities between Caribbean and the Iberian music, coming up with a romantic marriage of the two cultures using rumbas, guajira, sons and boleros, all this in a classy jazz atmosphera. All the songs are classics out of the Latin music tradition, using just a handful of players in support. Valdes' fingers are delicate and prone to dramatic flourishes; Cigala's voice is pure flamenco in its hoarse intonation, cadence and emotional outpourings. The two masters make the union work by focusing on the drama of the love songs—“Veinte Años”, “Inolvidable” and the title track, “Lágrimas Negras”, are just three amazing examples as fuel for some of the most exquisitely passionate music to come out in ages. This original pairing between Bebo Valdés and el Cigala is sublime. The songs are all standards, but the arrangements are not. Each song features Valdes' smooth jazzy piano melodies and el Cigala's guttural, passionate vocals. To appreciate the entire album's sophisticated textures, it should be listened to in absolute darkness so all of one's senses can focus on its velvety and harsh beauty. Winners of three PREMIOS DE LA MUSICA AWARDS (Spanish Academy of Musical Arts & Sciences) this album was recorded at the suggestion of Spanish Hollywood Oscar Award-winning director, Fernando Trueba (Belle Epoque), and has become a phenomenon in Spain. Picked by New York Times critic Ben Rattcliff as "the best album of the year", “Lágrimas Negras” has had an impressive debut. The album has never been out of the top 30 since its release in Spain for about nine months, achieving double Platinum sales status. It has also won five Amigo Awards, one Premio Ondas, and three Premios de la Musica Awards (including Best Album).

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01- Inolvidable
02- Veinte años
03- Lágrimas negras
04- Nieblas del riachuelo
05- Corazón loco
06- Se me olvidó que te olvidé
07- Vete de mi
08- La bien pagá
09- Eu sei que vou te amar

· Los Shakers -"Shakers For You"

This is Los Shakers’ 2nd LP first released back in late 1966. It was recorded on a time when the group slowly started to feel they were getting worn out, mainly from the huge number of live shows they did and also for another important reason, the lyrics. Although the quality of their music was really high, their English lyrics were of a doubtful quality, sometimes even bad, and with the evolution of pop-rock in Argentina, they started to be left out in an escenario where the bands decided to gamble and write and sing in Spanish. That was the way Argentine national rock went, and The Shakers were left out, partly by their own decision. Anyway, regarding Los Shakers’ music, the best was yet to come...

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01- Never, Never - 15/6/66
02- The Child and Me - 02/6/66
03- Hear My Words - ? /? /66
04- Picking up Troubles - 07/6/66
05- Too Late - 10/3/66
06- Let Me Tell You - 28/7/66
07- Got Any Money? - 04/8/66
08- You’ll Find Another Girl - 28/4/66
09- Smile Again - 11/5/66
10- Reviens Ma Chérie - 24/5/66
11- Waiting - 19/8/66
12- Hope You’ll Like It 042 - 14/9/66

Bonus Tracks:

13- Michelle (stereo mix) - 09/3/66
14- Always You (mono single mix) - 10/3/66
15- Oh, My Friend (stereo mix) - 24/3/66
16- Girl (stereo mix) - 30/3/66
17- Let Me Alone - 10/3/66
18- Yellow Submarine - 14/9/66
19- Red Rubber Ball - ? /? /67
20- Don’t Ever Phone Me Again, Baby - ? /? /67
21- The Land of the 1000 Dances - 11/4/67
22- Hallelujah - 27/1/67

Rarities:

23- Always You (stereo mix from master tape) - 10/3/66
24- Oh, My Friend (movie mono mix - different guitar solo) - 24/3/66
25- You’ll Find Another Girl (stereo mix) - 28/4/66
26- Smile Again (stereo mix) - 11/5/66
27- Never, Never (stereo mix) - 15/6/66
28- Let Me Tell You (stereo mix) - 28/7/66
29- Got Any Money? (stereo mix) - 04/8/6628)
30- Waiting (stereo mix) - 19/8/66

viernes, 3 de abril de 2009

· "A Quick One" - The Who

"A Quick One" is the second album by The Who, released in 1966. American record company executives released the album under the title Happy Jack, rather than the sexually suggestive title of the UK release, and due to "Happy Jack" being a top forty hit in the U.S. "Happy Jack" was not included on the UK version of the album, but instead was released as a non-album single. This is widely regarded by fans to have been a pivotal album for the group, due to the departure from the R&B / pop formula featured on the band's first release. Part of the marketing push for the album was a requirement that each band member should write at least two of the songs on it (although Roger Daltrey only wrote one), so this Who album is the least dominated by Pete Townshend's writing. The album was also the band's first foray into the form of rock opera, with "A Quick One, While He's Away", the title track of the LP, a nine-minute suite of song snippets telling a story of infidelity and reconciliation. The Who would later go on to write and record the full scale rock operas "Tommy" and "Quadrophenia". The album was intended to be pop music, a sonic participant in the pop art movement. The cover was designed by the pop art exponent Alan Aldridge, with the front cover depicting the band playing their instruments. The album was recorded at IBC Studios, Pye Studios and Regent Sound, in London, England in 1966. Kit Lambert was the producer. In 2003, the album was ranked number 383 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

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01- Run, Run, Run
02- Boris, The Spider
03- I Need You
04- Whiskey Man
05- Heatwave
06- Cobwebs & Strange
07- Don't Look Away
08- See My Way
09- So Sad About Us
10- A Quick One (While He's Away)

Bonus Tracks:

11- Substitute
12- I'm a Boy
13- In the City
14- Disguises
15- Circles
16- Batman
17- Bucket T
18- Barbara Anne
19- Happy Jack
20- I've Been Away
21- Man With Money
22- Great Shakes + US Air Force recruitment (Happy Jack)

jueves, 2 de abril de 2009

· "Sus Grandes Éxitos" - Los Chalchaleros

Los Chalchaleros is an Argentine folk musical combo consisting of four musicians (3 guitars and percussion - all of them are also singers). They're also considered the best ever of all Argentinean folk groups. The group was established in 1948 in the northern province of Salta. It is named after a local song-bird, the chalchalero. The original group was formed by Victor José Zambrano ("Cocho"), Carlos Franco Sosa, Aldo Saravia, and Juan Carlos Saravia. They gave their first public concert in June 16, 1948. On this "Their Greatest Hits" selection from 1974 the group is formed by Juan Carlos Saravia (leader of the group), percussionist Eduardo Román ("Polo"), Ricardo Francisco Figueroa ("Pancho"), and lead guitarist Ernesto Cabeza, which was probably the best of their different line-ups through the years. Los Chalchaleros have released more than 50 LPs, all of them typically focusing in traditional Argentinean folk music, mainly zamba.

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01- Zamba de Mi Esperanza
02- Viene Clareando
03- Sapo Cancionero
04- A los Bosques Yo me Interno
05- La López Pereyra
06- Jamás
07- Lloraré
08- La Nochera
09- Amor y Fiesta
10- Zamba del Grillo
11- Yo Vendo unos Ojos Negros
12- Zamba del Chalchalero